On 24th October 2022, Qatar University launched an Arabic learning course on edX (e-learning platform). So here is your chance to learn Arabic for free from Qatar University.
This course aims to help you learn the basics of the Arabic language required for a simple conversation without having to study Arabic grammar first. The well-designed semi-genuine video conversations, practice worksheets and hands-on exercises accommodate your different learning levels and styles.
This design objective is to cover the four communicative skills required to learn a foreign language — reading, writing, listening and speaking.
Arabic language Course overview:
Through simple conversational tools, you will be able to:
- Greet others.
- Introduce yourself.
- Talk about family and family members.
- Say your nationality and country of origin.
- Speak about your profession in simple words.
- Ask for and exchange phone numbers with people.
- Tell the time correctly.
- Learn some key verbs to engage in a quick conversation with others.
- Name the days of the week.
- Use the interrogative pronouns to:
- introduce yourself and make friends.
- ask about the weather conditions.
- ask about the prices of items in shops.
- ask people for their phone numbers.
- ask for directions to places.
- ask how people are doing.
- say the date and time correctly.
You will also learn numerous words and become familiar with the a-b-c’s of the Arab culture, as well as the best ways to approach Arabic speakers. You will be introduced to some types of non-verbal communication that are so popular in the Arab region that you are expected to know them.
Since this course is a doorway to the Arabic language, it will teach you the shapes and sounds of the Arabic letters as well. Arabic is a member of the Semitic language family. This means that the directionality of Arabic is right to left in addition to many other characteristics that make Semitic languages unique and beautiful.
The supplemental videos about the Arabic alphabet will teach you the shapes of the Arabic letters and provide their sounds and their generation.
Several professionals including linguists, educators and e-learning platform developers collaborated to put this course together. The goal was to apply the best scientific and pedagogical methods that are proven to help non-Arabic speakers learn Arabic.
Free or Paid?
This course will undoubtedly be an enjoyable journey if you have a passion for knowledge and exotic adventures in the Arab world with all its diverse, multiple cultures.
You can choose a path for your course as either free or the paid one with additional benefits including earning a verified certificate for 28 USD only.
Use code WELCOME10 to get 10% off if you pay within 7 days of enrollment.
Note: Free course access expires on 28 November 2022, so hurry up.
